Determining historical distribution patterns of fur seals to aid management efforts in the Southern Ocean
Determining how species distributions have changed due to human activity can be difficult without robust historical records. In the absence of such data, species distribution models can be used to predict where a species might have lived based on the environmental variables that support the species....
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Center for Open Science
2018
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31230/osf.io/uxc7e |
| Summary: | Determining how species distributions have changed due to human activity can be difficult without robust historical records. In the absence of such data, species distribution models can be used to predict where a species might have lived based on the environmental variables that support the species. The authors used satellite data of the Southern Ocean to predict the historical distribution patterns of Antarctic fur seals within the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to aid management efforts in the region. |
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